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Jack

June 25, 2022

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This early morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see when I was a child in my village.

Back then, the villagers planted wheat, sweet potato, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, green bean, rape, sesame, peanuts and so on.

As far as I can remember, large farmland planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn, and small pieces of farmland planted other crops.

After farmers harvested wheat, the first thing they should do was pay taxes using the wheat. Coupled with the low yield because of the backward agricultural technology, although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat wheat, but only sweet potatoes.

The villagers used cotton to make clothes and used soybeans or rapes to make oil for their daily lives.

Anyway, things have changed a lot nowadays. Even in the countryside, people can live a good life. But for some reason, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum any more.

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This earlyEarly this morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see when I was a child in my village.

Swapped "early" with "this", it sounds more natural.

Back then, the villagers planted wheat, sweet potato, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, green bean, rape, sesame, peanuts and so on.

As far as I can remember, owners of large farmland planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn, and small pieces ofowners of smaller farmlands planted other crops.

I changed "large farmland" to "owners of large farmland" because you used a verb "planted" which needs a noun, and the farms don't plant themselves (did something similar with "small farmland")

After farmers harvested wheat, the first thing they shwould do was pay taxes using the wheat.

If you're talking about something that happened in the past, you want to use 'would'. 'Should' refers to what they ought to do in the future.

Coupled with theThere was a low yield because of the backward agricultural technology, a. Although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat wheat, butit and instead ate only sweet potatoes.

Not sure what "coupled with" was trying to say. I broke into separate sentences for clarity. Also "We were hardly able to eat it (it refers to wheat) and instead (in place of wheat) ate sweet potatoes".

The villagers used cotton to make clothes and used soybeans or rapeseed to make oil for their daily lives.

I think this is what you meant?

Anyway, things have changed a lot nowadays.

"Anyway" is kind of a casual or informal transition for a written essay although it would work in a conversation.

Even in the countryside, people can live a good life.

But for some reason, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum any more.

"anymore" is one word

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You did a great job, I wonder why they don't plant anymore? Maybe no room for or interest in farms among bigger businesses?

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Jack

June 26, 2022

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Thank you very much.
In short, I bet that farmers would think that planting them is not a bargain anymore.

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This earlyEarly this morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see in my village back when I was a child in my village.

Back then, the villagers planted wheat, sweet potato, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, green bean, rape, sesame, peanuts and so on.

As far as I can remember, the larger farmlands planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn,; and small pieces ofer farmlands planted other crops.

If you need to set a list made with commas apart from something else using a comma, that separating comma turns into a semicolon.

After the farmers harvested their wheat, the first thing they should dodid was pay their taxes using theat wheat.

CThat coupled with the low yield because of the backward agricultural technology, meant that although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat wheat, but onlyany and instead ate sweet potatoes.

The villagers used cotton to make clothes and used soybeans or rapes to make oil for their daily lives.

Anyway, things have changed a lot nowadays.

Even in the countryside, people can live a good life.

But fFor some reason, though, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum any more.

“No longer” and “any more” serve the same function, so I removed one of them.

Jack's avatar
Jack

June 25, 2022

1

Thank you very much.

Early this morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see in my village when I was a child.

Back then, the villagers planted wheat, sweet potato, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, green bean, rape, sesame, peanuts and so on.

As far as I can remember, the larger farms planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn; and smaller farms planted other crops.

After the farmers harvested their wheat, the first thing they did was pay taxes using that wheat. That coupled with the low yield because of the backward agricultural technology meat that although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat any and instead ate sweet potatoes.

The villagers used cotton to make clothes and used soybeans or rapes to make oil for their daily lives.

Anyway, things have changed a lot nowadays. Even in the countryside, people can live a good life. For some reason though, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum.

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This early morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see when I was a child in my village.


This earlyEarly this morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see in my village back when I was a child in my village.

This earlyEarly this morning, I took a walk outside my community, and saw many crops I used to see when I was a child in my village.

Swapped "early" with "this", it sounds more natural.

Back then, the villagers planted wheat, sweet potato, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, green bean, rape, sesame, peanuts and so on.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

As far as I can remember, large farmland planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn, and small pieces of farmland planted other crops.


As far as I can remember, the larger farmlands planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn,; and small pieces ofer farmlands planted other crops.

If you need to set a list made with commas apart from something else using a comma, that separating comma turns into a semicolon.

As far as I can remember, owners of large farmland planted wheat, sweet potatoes, cotton, sorghum, soybean and corn, and small pieces ofowners of smaller farmlands planted other crops.

I changed "large farmland" to "owners of large farmland" because you used a verb "planted" which needs a noun, and the farms don't plant themselves (did something similar with "small farmland")

After farmers harvested wheat, the first thing they should do was pay taxes using the wheat.


After the farmers harvested their wheat, the first thing they should dodid was pay their taxes using theat wheat.

After farmers harvested wheat, the first thing they shwould do was pay taxes using the wheat.

If you're talking about something that happened in the past, you want to use 'would'. 'Should' refers to what they ought to do in the future.

Coupled with the low yield because of the backward agricultural technology, although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat wheat, but only sweet potatoes.


CThat coupled with the low yield because of the backward agricultural technology, meant that although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat wheat, but onlyany and instead ate sweet potatoes.

Coupled with theThere was a low yield because of the backward agricultural technology, a. Although the villagers planted wheat, we were hardly able to eat wheat, butit and instead ate only sweet potatoes.

Not sure what "coupled with" was trying to say. I broke into separate sentences for clarity. Also "We were hardly able to eat it (it refers to wheat) and instead (in place of wheat) ate sweet potatoes".

The villagers used cotton to make clothes and used soybeans or rapes to make oil for their daily lives.


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The villagers used cotton to make clothes and used soybeans or rapeseed to make oil for their daily lives.

I think this is what you meant?

Anyway, things have changed a lot nowadays.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Anyway, things have changed a lot nowadays.

"Anyway" is kind of a casual or informal transition for a written essay although it would work in a conversation.

Even in the countryside, people can live a good life.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

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But for some reason, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum any more.


But fFor some reason, though, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum any more.

“No longer” and “any more” serve the same function, so I removed one of them.

But for some reason, they no longer plant cotton or sorghum any more.

"anymore" is one word

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